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IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL #TheCribs 5th album
Johnny Marr #LeftTheBand; i guess working with three goofball brothers who mortally wound themselves by rolling over tables at the NME music awards is too much, or Johnny Marr is just a control freak.
either way, Johnny's stint with the band rubbed off permanently, as this is #PROBABLY The Cribs #BESTRECORD; it reintroduces the sloppy #PartyPowerPop of their early work and merges it with newfound technical proficiency into a catchy fusion.
from the opening track alone: "Glitters Like Gold" one hears Ryan trying new things with his guitar playing, obviously impressed/intimidated by Marr, incorporating new techniques like shredding into the chorus, albeit toned down & sloppy in typical #TheCribs fashion
Glitters encapsulates the entire album; just as catchy as anything on their first three albums while being more focused yet retaining the #CribsEssence with a newfound crunchiness
#TheCribs claimed they were into #Queen at the time of recording this album, but that isn't heard much in the music, although the music video for Glitters certainly shows that (pictured)
there's also a four song suite closing the album, something completely new for the Cribs, and yes: the suite is excellent especially the song "Butterflies"
#AbbeyRoadMedleyEsque
basically, this is my favorite Cribs album, infectiously catchy and discovering new things every listen.
the four song suite was also recorded at Abbey Road studio, which is a nice thematic knot.
@buru5 I can't help it, when I see this I just think "is this the real life, is this just fantasy? caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see... I'm just a poor boy, I get no sympathy be cause I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low. Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter, to me... To me. " I know it's kinda random and it's a mystery to me.